Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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AI and creativity: Louisiana museum considers the human in the machine
‘The Irreplaceable Human’ at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark asks what creativity is in the age of AI
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Ghada Amer’s provocative embroidered texts speak of feminism and activism
Ghada Amer explores the power of words in ‘QR Codes Revisited – London’ at Goodman Gallery in London’s Mayfair
By Nargess Shahmanesh Banks Published
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Paulina Olowska brings Slavic folklore and androgynous nymphs to London
Paulina Olowska explores magical mysticism in ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’ at London’s Pace Gallery
By Hannah Silver Published
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Helen Johnson explores bodily distortion and ablution at Pilar Corrias
Helen Johnson’s ‘Opening’, at Pilar Corrias in London, unites psychological motives and physicality
By Emily Steer Published
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Step into Andrew Cranston’s magical take on mundanity at The Hepworth Wakefield
As ‘Andrew Cranston: What made you stop here?’ opens at The Hepworth Wakefield, the artist tells us about seeing the extraordinary in the everyday
By Hannah Silver Published
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Lawrence Lek’s depressed self-driving cars offer a glimpse of an AI future in Berlin
Lawrence Lek’s installation ‘NOX’, created with LAS Art Foundation, takes over Berlin’s abandoned Kranzler Eck shopping centre
By Emily Steer Published
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Tradition meets fantasy in Sin Wai Kin’s subversion of storytelling
Sin Wai Kin’s ‘Portraits’, at London’s Soft Opening gallery, reconsiders historical narratives
By Hannah Silver Published
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Triennale Milano exhibition spotlights contemporary Italian art
The latest Triennale Milano exhibition, ‘Italian Painting Today’, is a showcase of artworks from the last three years
By Tianna Williams Published
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The Whiteness of Glass: strength, fragility and exclusion in New York
At Corning Museum of Glass, the medium’s problematic trajectory is reflected in a group show
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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Caroline Walker curates as Grimm Amsterdam explores domesticity in art
Curating ‘The Painted Room’ at Grimm Amsterdam, Caroline Walker explores the intimacy of interiors
By Emily Steer Published
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‘Women in Revolt!’ at Tate Britain is a deliciously angry tour de force of feminist art
‘Women in Revolt!’ puts feminist art from 1970 – 1990 under the spotlight at Tate Britain
By Hannah Silver Published
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Last chance to see: Ian Davenport’s ‘Lake’ of colour in London
Ian Davenport presents his largest-ever installation in ‘Lake’ at Waddington Custot
By Hannah Silver Published
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Doomsday, sci-fi and intimacy: Gray Wielebinski at the ICA, London
Gray Wielebinski plays with science fiction references in his first institutional solo show, ‘The Red Sun is High, the Blue Low’ at the ICA, London
By Katie Tobin Published
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Ursula Reuter Christiansen on her art: ‘I have to go through, and through, and through’
German-Danish artist Ursula Reuter Christiansen tells Wallpaper* what drives her, as her exhibition ‘Rose Thorn’ opens at Von Bartha, Copenhagen
By Alice Godwin Published
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From Nabokov to Miffy: Liu Ye on his cultural references
Artist Liu Ye tells us what inspires him, as his exhibition ‘Naive and Sentimental Painting’ is on show in London
By Hannah Silver Published
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Christina Quarles on contorting your body to fit into the frame
Christina Quarles presents ‘Tripping Over My Joy’ at Pilar Corrias’ new flagship Mayfair space
By Katie Tobin Published
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The Weight of Things: Damien Hirst curates his retrospective in Munich
The Weight of Things, at The Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art, Munich (MUCA), was curated by Hirst himself and comprises work spanning four decades
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Don’t miss: Mickalene Thomas’s subversion of Black female erotica in New York
Mickalene Thomas presents 12 mixed-media photo collages at New York’s Yancey Richardson
By Hannah Silver Published
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Disorientating, moving and multi-sensory: United Visual Artists deep-dive into time and data
United Visual Artists mark their 20th anniversary with ‘Synchronicity’ (until 17 December 2023) at London’s 180 Studios
By Hannah Silver Published
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Art as a family business: the Zagnoli family’s group show in Milan
The Zagnoli-Ligabue family present a new exhibition ‘ZaLiZaZa: Family Inventory’ at Milan’s Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea
By Laura May Todd Published
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The Cult of Beauty: uncovering subversion, idealism and capitalism in the beauty industry
A new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, The Cult of Beauty, considers how beauty standards have been skewered
By Hannah Silver Published
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‘An oxymoron of frailty’: Georg Baselitz’s golem-like sculptures settle into the Serpentine
Georg Baselitz: Sculptures 2011–2015 is the artist’s first solo show at London’s Serpentine
By Daven Wu Published
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Walls, Windows and Blood: Catherine Opie in Naples
Catherine Opie's new exhibition ‘Walls, Windows and Blood’ is now on view at Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Elmgreen & Dragset's lifesize sculptures at Perrotin Paris play on Insta-activism
Elmgreen & Dragset’s “David and other sculptures” is on view at Perrotin Paris through November 18
By Emily McDermott Published
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The mundane meets the sacred in Anthony Cudahy’s richly drawn figures
Anthony Cudahy draws on historical references and contemporary themes in his first UK solo exhibition in London
By Hannah Silver Published
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Hauser & Wirth marks its Paris opening with an inaugural Henry Taylor exhibition
Hauser & Wirth has opened its doors to its first gallery in Paris
By Amy Serafin Published
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Hiroshi Sugimoto reflects on time and truth ahead of his London retrospective
As ‘Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine’ opens at Hayward Gallery, the artist tells us of his guiding force, and why his Seascapes always end up in the bedroom
By Danielle Demetriou Published